Cbs News Chief Bari Weiss Set To Remake Network’s Iconic 60 Minutes: Report

CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is readying awesome changes to nan network’s iconic “60 Minutes” program, according to a caller report.

Weiss has privately told group she wants to revamp “60 Minutes,” 1 of nan highest-rated TV news programs, journalist Oliver Darcy reported Tuesday successful his Status newsletter. The award-winning show, which first aired successful 1968, is known for its in-depth, investigative reports.

Weiss had been looking to make changes mid-season but pursuing discussions pinch CBS News president Tom Cibrowski and different leaders, she agreed to hold until nan show’s existent play ends successful May, according to nan report.

The apical editor is expected to “blow it up arsenic soon arsenic nan play is over,” 1 root acquainted pinch nan rumor told Darcy, while different staffer said that “no 1 knows what to expect.”

Details of Weiss’ imagination stay unclear but she is expected to bring successful caller correspondents who are younger and much aligned pinch her editorially. She’s besides playing an progressive domiciled successful decisions that typically autumn to nan program’s executive producer, specified arsenic staffing, Darcy reported.

The Independent has contacted CBS News for comment.

Weiss was named arsenic nan network’s apical editor successful October aft genitor company, Paramount, acquired her anti-woke integer media outlet, The Free Press.

Under Weiss and Paramount leader David Ellison, nan web has already seen important staffing changes. CBS News reportedly trim astir 6 percent of its unit and unopen down CBS Radio past month. This comes aft Weiss told labor successful January they should time off if they don’t judge she’s nan “right leader” for nan network.

Weiss besides shocked labor aft she introduced herself to President Donald Trump and exchanged kisses connected nan feature pinch him aft his “60 Minutes” question and reply successful November, The Independent previously reported. A CBS News newsman said astatine nan time: “I’m still benignant of stunned by this. It reeks of elitism.”

In December, Weiss struck a “60 Minutes” conception astir El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison soon earlier it was group to air, a determination which sparked a “revolt” astatine nan network.

At nan time, Weiss told The New York Times: “My occupation is to make judge that each stories we people are nan champion they tin be. Holding stories that aren’t fresh for immoderate logic — that they deficiency capable context, say, aliases that they are missing captious voices — happens each time successful each newsroom.”

Sharyn Alfonsi, nan CBS News analogous down nan segment, suggested that Weiss’ determination was a “political one.” The segment yet aired successful January (after it had already leaked online) and pulled successful about 5.1 cardinal viewers.

Weiss went connected to express vexation pinch Alfonsi during calls pinch reporters, Darcy reported successful January. In his latest newsletter, Darcy wrote that it’s "difficult to envision a scenario” successful which Alfonsi’s statement is renewed.

Weiss tapped Tony Dokoupil to anchor a reboot of “CBS Evening News,” which has seen poor ratings and behind-the-scenes chaos, The Independent has reported. Dokoupil had antecedently co-anchored “CBS Mornings.”

One web staffer told The Independent that his debut — which included societal media clips of him asking random travelers astatine a train position to pronounce his past sanction — was “embarrassing.”

“Quite nan humiliating ritual,” nan worker said.

In March, ratings for “CBS Evening News” fell beneath 4 million, a fig which has antecedently sparked siren astatine nan network, according to Variety. The web erstwhile trim a type of nan program, anchored by John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, aft viewership dropped beneath 4 million, nan outlet reported.

Dokoupil’s ratings reportedly lagged down different starring news programs, specified arsenic ABC’s “World News Tonight” and NBC’s “Nightly News.”